As a subject matter expert, leads enterprise architecture analysis and design efforts, proactively directing solutions toward desired business outcomes. The Sr. Enterprise Architect leads, manages and facilitates architecture activities to develop plans which map to business goals and IT standards. This includes working with various roles in the organization to clarify business needs, analyze and review solution architectures, develop target architectures, and define innovative standards.
Nature and Scope
This is the senior/subject matter expert level within the Enterprise Architect series. This level is distinguished from the lower level by the need to be a subject matter expert that handles the largest and most complex assignments. This role may serve as a lead to lower level staff in guiding, directing, selecting & training staff. Promotion to the senior level is not through a progression and will happen through SMUD's standard civil service hiring process.
This series is comprised of three levels: Level "E" is the entry level where incumbents acquire knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the tasks associated within the series. The incumbent is promoted/progressed to level "J" upon demonstrating the required skills and knowledge to independently perform the full scope of the job. The Senior "Sr" level is comprised of a Subject Matter Expert who is responsible for the most complex assignments. Promotion to the Senior level is not through a progression and will happen through SMUD's standard civil service hiring process.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Leads in development of target architectures and road maps.
- Facilitate regular activities and engagements between EA roles, and documents decisions.
- Oversee the development and organization of visual models and documentation.
- Partner with appropriate business roles, to translate goals into architecture priorities and requirements.
- Work with solution leads to review architecture changes and gaps, to assess opportunities.
- Facilitate development and management of innovative technology standards with IT stakeholders.
- Serves as an enterprise level consultant to business and IT leaders.
- Coordinate with project and planning leads, to ensure EA engagement and guidance.
- Other related duties as assigned.
Required Education
- BA/BS in information systems or other related discipline, or equivalent experience. If no degree, nine or more (9+) years of relevant experience is required.
Required Experience Qualifications
- Five (5+) or more years progressively responsible experience in technology, including three or more (3+) year's experience designing and documenting business solutions or IT/IS architecture.
Knowledge Of
All technology layers: applications, data, infrastructure, security; Architecture frameworks principles, procedures, and best practices; Graphical modeling approaches, for analysis and design of target architectures; IT operational environments, to ensure plans can be practically applied; Financial and budgeting practices, and cost-benefit analysis; Emerging technology trends, without vendor bias.
Skills To
Facilitate cross-organization teams and manage tasks, to develop plans for architecture development; Effectively communicate verbally, written, and visually with different audiences clearly and concisely; Analyze and translate business needs and IT strategies into architecture requirements; Comprehend new/disruptive technologies, to evaluate for practical solutions for business problems; Support standards definition, review, and oversight; Facilitate and negotiate decisions between stakeholders; Support agile iterative approaches to drive results and innovation.
Desirable Qualifications
Knowledge Of:
- Enterprise Architecture role in the Utilities Industry, as it relates to establishing and operating EA Governance models in support of managing technology and project lifecycles.
Skills To:
- Designing, establishing and managing Enterprise Architecture Governance models such as Architectural Review Boards.
- Defining and establishing Enterprise Architecture Governance models, ARB's, including RACI's, diagrams, automated workflows, etc.
Experience:
- Ten or more (10+) years progressively responsible experience in technology.
- Seven or more (7+) years of experience designing and documeting business solutions or IT/IS architecture.
- Five or more (5+) years of experience in enterprise architecture.
- Experience with enterprise architecture frameworks and practices, such as TOGAF.
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
6201 S St
Sacramento
California United States
www.smud.org
